The University of Utah received more than $3 million last year from foreign investors — by far the most of any school in the state.
As Utah’s flagship research institution, it isn’t unusual for the U. to consistently bring in more money from outside the country than its peers. But for the 2018-2019 school year, it raked in more in gifts than ever before.
Most of the historic total came from Canada, according to an annual transparency report released Friday by the Utah System of Higher Education. The $2.1 million from there was donated exclusively from a foundation set up by Canadian native Pierre Lassonde, a U.